Heads up, armchair aces. 505 Games and 1C Company have announced that the first DLC pack for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey is now live. Hit the jump for the details.

Announced to be coming exclusively to the Xbox 360 is 505 Games' sequel to the Guilty Gear franchise, Guilty Gear 2: Overture. Being developed by Arc System Works, this new iteration in the popular series, originally unveiled back in TGS 2007, promises to bring you a sweet blend of action and real time strategy.

Minus the digital downloads, this has to be one of the smallest batches we've seen on On Shelves. Talk about a dry batch - no AAA titles in this lineup. Anyway, there's still ArmA II for the PC if you're a die-hard FPS fan, or if you're a baseball fan, 2K Sports' The Bigs is also coming out this week. For the other two titles, read on for this edition of On Shelves This Week.

This is a much, much better line-up for our On Shelves section this week. As in MUCH. One, the Transformers are finally rolling out (unfortch, Megan Fox won't be included in your game purchase). Two, Fight Night Round 4 is also stepping into the ring to knock you out with. Three, The Conduit is also set to make waves on your Wii, and so is the Resident Evil Archives. And of course, the ever-present DS games for the kids. Yes, it doesn't just stop at three. Go ahead, check out what else is there this week.

 

And how goes the gamers from the UK for the week past July 17? Chart Track's been busy as a bee, and it appears all you Harry Potter fans were, too. Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, DS, mobiles) from Electronic Arts is still "leviosa-ing" at the top of the charts with Activision's Transformers: The Game rolling out at second.

And those who haven't got their minds locked on either movie-based games are still bench-pressing those neurons with More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima from Nintendo, with fellow Nintendo brain-twister Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree close in tow. Fifth spot is Wii Play's playground, with the Nintendo title still frolicking in the top ten, Wiimote in hand. Activision's Shrek The Third lumbers over to number six, while Take-Two's The Darkness lurks on number seven.

Nintendo's Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training brainstorms to eight spot, while simmering in at number nine is 505 Games' Cooking Mama. And re-entering the charts is Electronic Arts' Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 with a straight cut into the all-platforms' upper ten, giving the golfing title a shot for the birdie.

1. Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix (Electronic Arts)
2. Transformers: The Game (Activision)
3. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (Nintendo)
4. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)
5. Wii Play (Nintendo)
6. Shrek The Third (Activision)
7. The Darkness (Take-Two Interactive)
8. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
9. Cooking Mama (505 Games)
10. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 (Electronic Arts)

And for the week concluding at June 26, Microsoft's Forza Motorsport 2 still races ahead of the rest across all platforms in the UK, following a successful second-running at first place last week. Second place is tied up for Take-Two Interactive's Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, after sitting comfortably at the eight spot a week ago.

Codemasters' Colin McRae: DiRT has climbed up one spot to take third place, while exchanging seats with Disney Interactive's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End which now sits at fourth. Nintendo's Wii Play frolicked with the Wiimote on the fifth spot for yet another week, with Activision's Spider-Man 3 still doing strongly in sales at sixth spot.

Last week's second placer Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary from Eidos now takes seventh place. Nintendo's Dr Kawashima's Brain Training falls one spot to number seven, followed closely behind by Pro Evolution Soccer 6 by Konami. 505 Games' Cooking Mama re-enters the top 10 from 13th place, displacing Nintendo's Mario Strikers Charged Football from the upper bracket of ten.

1. Forza Motorsport 2 (Microsoft)
2. Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Take-Two Interactive)
3. Colin McRae: DiRT (Codemasters)
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Disney Interactive Studios)
5. Wii Play (Nintendo)
6. Spider-Man 3 (Activision)
7. Tomb Raider: Anniversary (Eidos)
8. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
9. Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Konami)
10. Cooking Mama (505 Games)

 

Perhaps one of the most inviting features of 505 Games' Armored Core 4 for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 is its online feature. This allows for players to battle each other over the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. 505 Games has recently released information about the other features that will be added to the mecha-themed 360 and PS3 video game which makes Armored Core 4 the game to play when you're feeling uber competitive.

Xbox 360 gamers are promised to experience online and system link multiplayer action in games for up to 8 players. PS3 players, on the other hand, will be able to join in multiplayer online, with up to 8 people at a time. They will also be able to experience system link multiplayer through network cable, not to mention split-screen action for 2 players on the same PS3 unit.

Now, gather your teammates, friends, acquaintances, companies, enemies...whoever to join in the fun. Destroy! (Wait, that's something else entirely...)

 

And UK sees a new winner up top the Chart Track UK all-platforms chart, as Microsoft's Forza Motorsport 2 shifts gears for a lead the week ending June 9. The newcomer shoved Disney Interactive's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End down to the third spot, while Eidos' Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary holds the number two seat for the second week in a row.

Activision's former three-week topper Spider-Man 3 now drops to a fourth spot from third, while Nintendo's Wii Play unseats Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 6 for the number five spot. Nintendo's other Wii-only title Mario Strikers Charged Football drops two places to sixth, and serious soccer title PES 6 tails its fun variant at seventh.

And yet still strong on the charts is Dr Kawashima's Brain Training from Nintendo, followed by 505 Games' Cooking Mama for the eighth and ninth spots respectively. Microsoft's Shadowrun enters the top 10 from the 11th spot, kicking EA's former tenth placer FIFA 07 down to the 14th spot.

1. Forza Motorsport 2 (Microsoft)
2. Tomb Raider: Anniversary (Eidos)
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Disney Interactive Studios)
4. Spider-Man 3 (Activision)
5. Wii Play (Nintendo)
6. Mario Strikers Charged Football (Nintendo)
7. Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Konami)
8. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
9. Cooking Mama (505 Games)
10. Shadowrun (Microsoft)

 

Taking a gander over at UK's game sales tracker, we've spotted Disney Interactive's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End taking top spot of the all-platforms chart for the week ending June 2. It has moved from the second spot to first, thanks to taking the top spots across the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PSP charts, while Wii, DS and PS2 gamers found other games more interesting.

Biggest newcomer is Eidos' Tomb Raider: Anniversary which solidly took top spot from nowhere, thanks to a solid fan support from gamers on Sony's PS2 and the Lara fan club on the PC. Activision's Spider-Man 3, formerly on top of the list for a good four weeks, is now dethroned and seated firmly at third spot.

Next Level's Mario Strikers Charged Football still takes a strong solid support from millions of Wii gamers, while taking the fourth spot on the charts. Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 6 still solidly beats EA's FIFA 07, with the former spotted midway up the charts at number five and the latter blocking any other title from unseating it at the number 10 spot.

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Disney Interactive Studios)     
2. Tomb Raider: Anniversary (Eidos)
3. Spider-Man 3 (Activision)
4. Mario Strikers Charged Football (Nintendo)
5. Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Konami)
6. Wii Play (Nintendo)
7. Cooking Mama (505 Games)
8. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
9. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Electronic Arts)
10. FIFA 07 (EA Canada)